Why RB1 Gene Is Linked To Retinal Tumors In Young Children
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Retinoblastoma is a childhood retinal tumor usually affecting children ages one to two and the most common malignant tumor of the eye in children. Left untreated, retinoblastoma can be fatal or result in blindness. Retinoblastomas have been found to develop in response to the mutation of a single gene, the RB1 gene, demonstrating that some cells are only a step away from developing into a life-threatening malignancy. read more